Curling iron



Sept. 5, 1933. s s 1,925,504

CURLING IRON Filed Aug. 5, 1932 lnvenfor:

flf/VOLO 6/56/057- Fig. 1, drawn to a larger scale. greatly facilitated and consequently any dis- Patented Sept. 5, 1933 rrp. STATES PATENT OF C V CURLING IRON Arnold Siegrist, Geneva, Switzerland Application August 5, 1932, Serial No. 627,587, and in Germany August 10, 1931 4' Claims. (c1. 132-a7) The invention relates tocurling tongs of the grooved member lies below the plane 9--9. In type comprising two hinged members, the jaw the closed condition of the tongs the higher edge of one member being grooved and having two 7 of the grooved jaw 4' lies above the said-m, substantially parallel edges, whilst the jaw of gitudinal median plane 9+9, and it will also be the second member is cylindrical and adapted seen that in'the closed condition of the tongs to fill the groove of the jaw of the first member. the lower edge 6 of the grooved jaw 4-. is sub- In the known constructions of curling tongs stantially in contact with the periphery of the of this type the grooved jaw engages the cylincylindrical member 5 (Fig. .3). Moreover, the drical jaw upona part of the periphery and two jaws 4, 5 are so shaped that in the closed the engaged portions of the cylindrical jaw are condition of the tongs the tangential plane of symmetrical with regard to alongitudinal median the outer surface of the grooved jaw 4 at the plane of the cylindrical jaw passing at right edge 6 coincides substantially in known manner angles to the of the pivot of the two jaws. with the tangential plane of the cylindrical jaw 5. With these known constructions of curling tongs lnthe closed condition of the tongs the surfaces it frequently happens that unless quite extraorof the two jaws 4, 5 will therefore at the edge dinaiy skill be exercised in the curling opera- 6 gradually and practically without any intertion, sharp kinks or edges are produced in the r'uption or step merge into each other. Consehair, wh reby the hair waves produced by the quently a tress of hair gripped between the jaws tongs are given an artificial appearance. The 4 and 5 will, during the winding, on passing over object of the invention is to obviate these drawthe grooved jaw 4 lie smoothly at the point 10 '75 backs of the known curling tongs. upon a previously formed hair layer upon the According to the invention the curling tongs cy indri l l w 5, d r f r y p s i ihty are so constructed that in the closed condition of producing a kink or sharp edge in thehair of the tongs the plane passed through the two at the point corresponding to the edge of the edges of the grooved jaw, is so inclined with grooved member will be avoided. regard to the longitudinal median plane of the By the illustrated and described unsymmetricylindrical jaw parallel to the axis of the pivot cal construction of the grooved jaw 4 with regard of the two jaws, that one of the edges of the to the longitudinal middle plane of the cylingrooved member lies below the said longitudinal drical jaw 5 which is atright angles to the median plane of the cylindrical jaw. axis of the pivot of the two jaws, any sharp A construction of. curling tongs embodying the kinks or break in the hair wave occurring with features of invention is shown by way of the usual construction of the grooved jaw are example in the accompanying drawing, in which: entirely avoided, and consequen y even n il Fig. 1 shows improved curling tongs in the skilled person will be able to use the curling closed condition, irons in such. a way as to produce natural and Fig. 2 shows the tongs in the open position, 80 t Wavesy the deSQI'ibed Shape f t whilst grooved jaw, the withdrawal of the tongs from Fig. 3 is a cross section on line IIIIII of the waved tress or from a produced wave is The curling tongs is provided in the usual turbance of a produced wave or curl otherwise 5 manner with handles 1 and. 2 connected by and occurring during the removal of the irons will adapted to turn about a pin 3, said handles be avoided.

being forwardly extended to constitute the jaws Owing to the fact that in the closed condition 4 and 5. The cylindrical jaw 5 may be either of the curling tongs (Fig. 3) the edge 7 of the solid or hollow as usual. The grooved jaw 4 grooved jaw 4 lies above the longitudinal middle is constructed in the usual manner so as to have plane 9-9 of the cylindrical jaw 5, the grooved two substantially parallel edges 6 and 7 andto jaw '4; engages the cylindrical jaw 5 approxienclose in the closed condition of the tongs partly mately upon half the periphery of the latter. 7 the cylindrical jaw 5. According to the inven- The result is that a very large wave can be protion in the closed condition of the tongs the duced, that is a wave which is much larger than plane 88 (Fig. 3) passed through the two edges could be produced it the edge '7 were arranged 6 and 7 of the grooved jaw, is arranged at an below the plane 9-9 approximately at the level angle to the longitudinal median plane 9-9 of of the edge 6.

-the jaw 5 parallel to the axis of the pin 3, In'the described construction the curling tongs so that one of the edges viz the edge 6 of the are intended to be heated by means of a flame.

It will, however, be understood that either the handles or the jaws themselves could be made hollow in the usual manner for the reception of electric heating elements. Moreover, it will be understood that the construction of the curling tongs may be any known construction apart from the novel features described above.

I claim:

1. Curling tongs comprising a pair of pivotally connected jaws and handle members for manipulating the same, one of said jaws being asymmetrically grooved and provided with substantially parallel edges, the other jaw being cylindrical and adapted to lie within the groove of the said first jaw which embraces the said cylindrical jaw, the said jaws being so constructed and arranged, thatin the closed position of the curling tongs the plane passing through the two edges of the grooved jaw is inclined at an angle to the longitudinal median plane of the cylindrical jaw parallel to the pivotal axis of the tongs, so that one of the edges of the grooved jaw lies under the said longitudinal median plane of the cylindrical jaw.

2. Curling tongs comprising a pair of pivotally connected jaws and handle'members for manipulating the same, one of said jaws being asymmetrically grooved and provided with substantially parallel edges, the other jaw being cylindrical and adapted to lie within the groove of the said first jaw which embraces the said cylindrical jaw, the said jaws being so constructed and arranged, that in the closed position of the curling tongs the plane passing through the two edges of the grooved jaw is inclined at an angle to the longitudinal median plane of the cylindrical jaw parallel to the pivotal axis of the tongs, so that the loweredge of the grooved jaw lies under the said longitudinal median plane of the cylindrical jaw and the higher edge of the grooved jaw lies above the said longitudinal median plane of the cylindrical jaw.

3. Curling tongs comprising a pair of pivotal- 1y connected jaws and handle members for manipulating the same, one of said jaws being asymmetrically grooved and provided with substantially parallel edges, the other jaw being cylindrical and adapted to lie within the groove of the said first jaw which embraces the said cylindrical jaw, the said jaws being so constructed and arranged, that in the closed position of the curling tongs the lower edge of the grooved jaw is substantially in contact with the periphery of the cylindrical jaw and the plane passing through the two edges or" the grooved jaw is inclined at an angle to the longitudinal median plane of the cylindrical jaw parallel to the pivotal axis of the tongs, so that the lower edge of the grooved jaw lies under the said longitudinal median plane of the cylindrical jaw and the higher edge of the grooved jaw lies above the said longitudinal median plane of the cylindrical jaw.

4. Curling tongs comprising a pair of pivotally connected jaws and handle members for manipulating the same, one or said jaws being asymmetrically grooved and provided with substantially parallel edges, the other jaw being cylindrical and adapted to lie within the groove of the said first jaw which embraces the said cylindrical jaw, the said jaws being so constructed and arranged, that in the closed position of the curling tongs the lower edge of the grooved jaw is substantially in contact with the periphery of the cylindrical jaw, the tangential plane of the outer surface of the grooved jaw at the lower, edge substantially coincides with the tangential plane of the cylindrical jaw and the plane passing through the two edges of the grooved jaw is inclined at an angle to the longitudinal median plane of the cylindrical jaw parallel to the pivotal axis of the tongs, so that the lower edge of the grooved jaw lies under the said longitudinal median plane of the cylindrical jaw and the higher edge of the grooved jaw lies above the said longitudinal median plane of the cylindrical jaw.

ARNOLD SIEGRIST. 

